Decay watch: 2002 October 22

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 22 2002 - 16:07:00 EDT

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    The Molniya 3-37 r2 is nearing decay. The following is a summary of the 
    latest update to my Decay Watch page:
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    Object: #20446 = 90-  6 C = Molniya 3-37 r2
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Oct 22 19:09     Oct 22 22:40 +-2h        39.0 S     9.0 W
    SatEvo     Oct 22 19:50     Oct 23 01:30 +-3h        53.1 S    71.8 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Molniya 3-37 r2                                  590 x 86 km
    1 20446U 90006C   02295.69957895  .57205193  78749-5  36814-3 0  8465
    2 20446  62.3063  27.4510 0375455 269.1029  86.7470 15.77306832102484
    
    SatEvo prediction:
    Molniya 3-37 r2                                  495 x 84 km
    1 20446U 90006C   02295.82580243  .75815917  55337+0  39933-3 0 98466
    2 20446  62.3011  26.9560 0307895 269.1456  87.3262 15.94584644102500
    Molniya 3-37 r2                                  439 x 84 km
    1 20446U 90006C   02295.88839599  .88867163  84452+0  41916-3 0 98461
    2 20446  62.2980  26.7056 0267378 269.1672  87.7686 16.04832238102515
    Molniya 3-37 r2                                  372 x 83 km
    1 20446U 90006C   02295.95057073 1.11025388  17208+1  44949-3 0 98465
    2 20446  62.2930  26.4529 0219026 269.1892  88.3008 16.17117947102526
    Molniya 3-37 r2                                  285 x 82 km
    1 20446U 90006C   02296.01223940 1.62395675  51153+1  50845-3 0 98465
    2 20446  62.2880  26.1973 0155377 269.2115  89.0081 16.33410693102539
    
    Note: I have this decaying near perigee on the last of these SatEvo-
    predicted revs. At the time, it is northbound in the vicinity of
    Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands. The track continues to reach
    Paris at 02:00 UTC and onwards to Helsinki at 02:04.
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
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    Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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